The opportunity for a split tempts those longtime AT&T iPhone users who see the release date of the Verizon iPhone 5 next month as an escape hatch, but what awaits on the other side of that fence is fraught with a different batch of issues altogether. Worse, it may be too late to execute the best escape scenario, a fact which AT&T is already intent on taking advantage of. Welcome to the fence-sitting position of [...]
“Give me a five minute headstart,” says the Samsung Galaxy S2. “Okay, but I’ll catch up to you in six,” beams the iPhone 5 as it laces up its shoes and begins stretching. “Fine, I just want a moment in the sun before you take over,” admits the S2. And so goes the next month or two of the smartphone universe. Android phones like the Droid Bionic and the Galaxy S2 want the spotlight and [...]
AT&T is rumored to be changing its data plans once again alongside the arrival of Apple’s next iPhone. Instead of slapping overage charges on data hogs, AT&T may switch to throttling data speeds instead, 9 to 5 Mac reports. AT&T began limiting data use in June 2010, shortly before Apple launched the iPhone 4. New smartphone subscribers are currently limited to 2 GB of data for $25 per month, plus $10 for each additional GB. Throttled plans would [...]
The hero: the iPhone 5. The sidekick: iOS 5 or, depending on how you look at it, the iPod touch 5. The hero and the sidekick always win. You know which team-ups rarely gel as well? The hero and the other hero. The iPhone 5 needs the iPad 3, the iPad HD, the iPad XYZ (or whatever Apple is calling) to launch alongside it like the world needs another auto-tuned pop singer who can’t actually [...]
The popularity of Android devices has grown exponentially over the last year or so among both users and developers, but the Verizon iPhone and iPad 2 may be bringing iOS back to the forefront of their attention, according to a new report from Flurry Analytics. The mobile analytics firm looked at the 90,000 applications that make use of Flurry’s SDK to see where the new projects are taking place, and found that developer attention to Android [...]
The iPhone 5 is bringing more than just a hardware turnover with it. Along the way it’s ignited controversy over its 4G prospects, anger over how Verizon is handling data plans for new and existing iPhone users (and in fact all of its customers), mixed views of an Here’s more on the iPhone 5. expansion to Sprint, and finally, some users of aging iPhones who are showing a surprising level of patience when it comes to [...]
